M.A. Yusuff Ali

Net worth: $1.5 billion

Country: IndiaSource of wealth: Retail

The Middle East retail magnate heads the Abu Dhabi-headquartered LuLu Group, whose flagship is the $4.25 billion (sales) LuLu retail chain, recently ranked by Deloitte as one of the ten fastest-growing retailers in the world. Ali, born and educated in India, migrated to Abu Dhabi in the 1970s to join his family's small trading business.